Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bus Rapid Transit

VTA’s Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on El Camino Real

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

A new video from the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) lays out the vision for transforming El Camino Real into a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor connecting the Palo Alto Transit Center and Downtown San Jose. It’s part of VTA’s Valley Rapid project, a set of three BRT routes planned in Santa Clara County. The El […]

STREETFILMS

Ten Years After Redefining BRT, What’s Next for TransMilenio?

By Elizabeth Press | Sep 7, 2011 | No Comments

Three years ago Streetfilms brought you a comprehensive look at Bogotá, Colombia’s TransMilenio, the world’s most advanced Bus Rapid Transit system. TransMilenio changed the way Bogotá residents think about public transportation, becoming indispensable to the 1.7 million people who use the system daily. If anything, the bus network became a victim of its own success, […]

American BRT: A Rapid Bus Network Expands in Las Vegas

By Dani Simons | Jul 11, 2011 | No Comments

Last month the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy released its report, “Recapturing Global Leadership in Bus Rapid Transit” [PDF], which proposed a LEED-like rating system for bus rapid transit projects and laid out a strategy for American cities to build systems as good as the world’s best BRT. While more than 20 American bus […]

Cleveland’s Center-Running BRT Route, the HealthLine, Sparks Development

By Holly LaDue | Jul 5, 2011 | No Comments

Profiles of American BRT: Pittsburgh’s South Busway and East Busway

By Stephanie Lotshaw | Jun 20, 2011 | No Comments

ITDP: American Bus Rapid Transit Can Catch Up to the Rest of the World

By Ben Fried | May 26, 2011 | No Comments

Attempts by U.S. cities to build Bus Rapid Transit systems tend to get stymied by a Catch-22: Most Americans have no experience riding great BRT, so mustering the political will to build full-fledged systems — and reallocate the necessary street space from cars to buses — is often fiendishly difficult. The results — incremental bus […]

Show More Stories